The Caterpillars of this species are usually green,
although grey and brown varieties have been found.
The caterpillars have a faint dark dorsal line,
and a pair of faint yellow dorso-lateral lines,
and some pale speckling.
The caterpillars have a harmless tail horn, with a tip that curves forwards.
The horn is dark in early instars, but becomes green in mature caterpillars.
The caterpillars have been found feeding on

Pupation occurs in joined dead leaves on the ground.
The pupa is greenish brown, with a black dorsal stripe on the thorax,
and a row of black spots along each side of the abdomen.

The adult moth is brown with a faint patchy pattern on the forewings.
Each hindwing is crossed by a broad orange bar.
There is a broad tuft of brown hair on the tip
of the abdomen.
The wingspan is about 5 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of David and Tom Sleep, Brisbane)

The specimen pictured above was found by David Sleep in late May 2003,
caught in a web still just alive in a garage at Taigum which is in
north Brisbane.